Seaspan Energy has received the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering accreditation from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA). This landmark authorization enables Seaspan to conduct ship-to-ship LNG bunkering for…
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has granted its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering accreditation, allowing Seaspan Energy, based in North Vancouver, to refuel select ships calling at the Port of Vancouver with LNG.
This milestone follows a comprehensive multi-year evaluation process that adhered to international best practices for safety, including the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) recommended guidelines. As part of the rigorous accreditation, the port authority undertook...
Canada’s busiest maritime gateways will be handling containers again after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered the Port of Montreal to resume operations as of Saturday morning.
Longshore workers returned to the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia on Thursday, just days after Canada ordered an end to a lockout of longshore unions by port employers.
The board acted on a request Tuesday by Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon to formally end the work stoppage and send the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unions-returning-to-work-at-canada-ports
Canadian Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday moved to intervene in port labor disputes in Montreal, Vancouver and Quebec City by asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to order an end to work stoppages and impose binding arbitration.
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“As the economic losses threaten the country and begin to...
The work stoppages that have shut down container imports at Canada’s busiest ports will likely be coming to an end.
Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order an end to lockouts of union employees and restart of port operations at the Port of Montreal and the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
The order would also direct binding arbitration in the bicoastal longshore contract disputes, and extend the current collective...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ottawa-orders-end-to-port-work-stoppages
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Canada on Tuesday moved to end labor disputes at the country’s two biggest ports of Vancouver and Montreal, citing the economic damage and the potential…
https://gcaptain.com/canada-moves-to-end-port-strikes-to-prevent-economic-self-harm/
Unlike the lockout that has shut down Canada’s west coast container imports, contract talks held over the weekend between British Columbia maritime employers and their longshore union were over almost before they began.
The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 met separately Saturday with a federal mediator in an effort to resolve a contract dispute involving 700 union forepersons at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
Vanc...
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Container ships continue to line up outside Canada’s busiest import gateway as carriers wait for a lockout of union longshore employees to end.
On Monday, 700 forepersons represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 514 were locked out by ocean carriers and terminal operators represented by the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) at the west coast ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, after the union rejected what the employers group said was its...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lockout-stalls-more-container-ships-outside-western-canada-ports
Port employers in western Canada will lock out union longshore forepersons Monday in a move that could shut down trade through the country’s key West Coast gateways.
The move by the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) representing ocean carriers and terminal operators at the Port of Vancouver, the country’s busiest container hub, and the Port of Prince Rupert, comes in a contract dispute over 700 forepersons represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/british-columbia-ports-face-shutdown-in-labor-contract-dispute
By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Port of Vancouver foremen will be locked out on Monday unless they scrap a proposed strike, employers at Canada’s biggest port said on Friday, but bulk…